General Learning

  • BBC Bitesize The BBC has developed resources for families. There are 3 new lessons daily in Maths and English in addition to regular lessons in other subject areas. There are also daily lesson schedules published.
  • Oak National Academy This is a new initiative, led by teachers who have assembled video lessons and resources for your teachers to make use of if they so wish. 180 video lessons will be provided each week, across English, Maths and a selection of foundation subjects presented within a topic approach
  • Northampton Saints Home Learning Resource In an effort to keep students engaged in their education and to support parents in developing their child’s competencies in curriculum-linked numeracy, literacy and other key skills at home, we will be posting completely free and accessible resources online, alongside Premiership rugby. We will be releasing three resources a week – on a Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 10am
  • BBC Teach A new website with resources for every subject and every age group
  • Twinkl A wide range of resources for everything! Use the code CVDTWINKLHELPS for 1 month free access
  • Classroom Secrets Fun, interactive and practical home learning resources including interactive games, video tutorials and downloadable home learning packs
  • Hamilton Trust Free packs for English and maths for each year group. Nnew weekly packs on a rolling basis for as long as needed.
  • Top Marks Lots of fun games (Hit the Button widely used in school to learn tables). Easy to search for activities by subject and year group.
  • Khan Academy Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it's mostly common material.
  • BBC Learning This site is old and no longer updated and yet there's so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Robin Hood MAT: their learning projects

BBC Teach: podcasts for ages 3+

BBC Bitesize: Free resources with videos and quizzes.

Tes resources: all home learning packs are free

Classroom Secrets: A range of free resources for primary school-aged children.

TTS: free workbooks to download for EYFS, KS1 and 2.

Purple Mash: Resources free.

Century Tech – English, maths and science for KS1 and 2.

YouTube Learn@Home: a website with learning resources for families

Chatterpack: huge list of links to home learning resources

Mental Well being:

https://www.annafreud.org/what-we-do/anna-freud-learning-network/coronavirus/: wellbeing advice for all those supporting children

https://www.bps.org.uk/news-and-blogs : advice on dealing with school closures and talking to children about COVID-19

https://www.childrenscommissioner.gov.uk/publication/childrens-guide-to-coronavirus/ : a downloadable guide for children about coronavirus.

https://www.minded.org.uk/ : an educational resource for all adults on children’s mental health.
  • Headspace for Kids Headspace works with short cartoon clips to help with anxiety, sleep, well being and much more. Free Trial can be used to find out more.